Paper-cabinet.



Patented May 23, 1916.

F. H. HOBE-RG PAPER CABINET;

APPLICATION FIL ED JAN. 15, l914.

no srarns PATENT OFFICE.

- f FRANK H. HOBERG, or GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

- PAPER-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Application filed January 15, 1914. Serial No. 812,215. 7

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK H. Honnnm a citizen of the United States residing at 1 Green Bay, county of Brown, and State of \Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper cabinets of that class which are designed to receive paper packages wound in the form of an oval strip, said strip being divided into sheets by perforate or weakpackage of the above described type, and the. object of' my inventionis to provide means.

for insurlng the release and discharge of the loose end of each successive sheet after the preceding sheet has been torn away, said means being also adapted to prevent the release and discharge of the loose end of the sheet until the user has operated an actuating member connected therewith. The delivery of the successive sheetsisthere fore notonly reliable, but it is delayed by requiring an intervening operation of an actuating member or knob, whereby wasteand fraud in the withdrawal of an unnecessary number of sheets are prevented.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved form of cabinet or container for such packages in which it will same 'drawn'on line yy of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

not be possible for the package tobebodily withdrawn after it has been inserted in position foruse. A

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a sectional view of a towel cabinet with a package of toweling therein, drawn on 'line m-wyof Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is asectional view of the is a plan view of a packageof toweling,

showing the partially severed line or, lines of weakness.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

The lower end of my improved cabinet is open. The cabinet comprises a back wall A. end walls B, B, and hinged cap plate which forms the front wall (J and the top wall said plate being hinged to the side" walls B, B, at 6, near their lowerfront corners.- The package E of paper toweling is wound upon an oval paste board core E;

and is supported from theend walls of the cabinet by a hanger plate F. This hanger plate or bar F comprises a'narrow' flat bar of metal, which extends through slots 7, f,

in the pasteboard core, substantially oppo- I site the median line. At one end the plate F is provided with an outwardly projecting arm F, which extends into an open Patented Ma 23, 1916.

ended slot or slit 6 formed in the core E and package E, thereby preventing the package from rotating upon the core. 7 One end of the bar F is provided with a beveled portion 9, whereby when it is pushed upwardly in thelower end of'the cabinet, it will readily passinto registry with and be received in a retaining pocket 9 formed inthe end wall B of the cabinet.

At the other end of the barF, a movable. member G is mounted upon the bar toslide between guides H. The outer margin of the movable member isbeveled at G, the shape of this member beingsimilar to the other end of the bar Fat 9. The movable I member Gr, however, is providedwith a rearwardly extending pOllllOIl h seated agalnst'a spring h, which is mounted in a pocket i formed on the side of 'thebar F. The member His also slotted at I and is loosely held to the bar F by a rivetI which permits a, slight forward and backward movement of said member G; i

Theobject of the movable member G'is to make the bar F resiliently'extensible sothat when said bar F, with a package thereon, is pushed upwardly in the cabinet from beneath, the member G and bar F will move inwardly or telescope upon each other [sufficiently to permit the end margins to pass the walls of the retaining pocket g and i.

-As soon as the end 9 of the bar F has entered the pocket gand the movable member G is brought in registry with the pocket 2', said member G moves resiliently into said pocket 2' and locks the bar and the package in the cabinet. The free end'of the outer sheet of theipackage being swung downwardly and the tearing line of the package being at the top, it is obvious that as each sheet is torn off, the free end of the second sheet will tend to drop and be exposed through the open lower end of the cabinet. 7

In the use of packages of the described class, it has beenfound that the sheets tend to adhere at times so that the free end of the outer sheet will not always drop. This is particularly true of toweling where crape paper is usually employed, and it is therefore desirable to provide means for initially actuating the sheet, and it is also desirable to prevent the free end of the sheet from dropping until it is so initially actuated,

since otherwise the successive sheets could be torn off rapidly and would be Wasted.

c For initially actuating the free ends of the sheets, I employ a friction roller J,

said roller being suspended by a swinging frame or hanger J, which is pivoted to the casing at j, 7', respectively. The roller J is mounted, upon a shaft K, which is jour-V naled in this swinging frame. The frame 'is pivoted to the casing, preferably on an suflicient friction upon the paper to actuate the outer sheet. The roller J is actuated from-the exterior by eans of knob L, which transmits motion to the roller VJ through a'shaft L, gear. wheel M and a pinion N, the latter being fast upon a projecting end of the roller shaft K. The shaft L, upon which the knob and gearwheelM are mounted,projects through a fixed bear- I ing member 0 in the casing, the gear wheel being located in the interior ofthe casing. In operation, the package of toweling beinglinserted in position within the cabinet from below, the knob L may be'turned in the direction indicatedby the arrow, whereupon the end of the strip of toweling will be 'thrown downwardly and permitted to hang, as shown at P in Fig. 1. The user grasps'this hanging sheet and pulls it off, the sheet separating from the package at withthe remainder of the roller 7 *The cap plate C D is with a spring latch R theQtop where it islslitted, as indicated at p, p 'in'Fig. 3,'said'sheet being connected the package only along the dotted lines Q (Fig. and therefore tearing radially atthese points. lVhen the initial sheet has been thus tornfoff, .it is necessary to again rotatethe knob L in :1 the direction indicated by the arrow in order to move the free end of 'the'succeeding sheet downwardly andpermit it to hang, as

indicated at P in Fig. 1. f Two operations are therefore required, for the removal of each sheet in thatitis necessar to first turn the knob and then pull upon the sheet which J moves downwardly.

preferably provided adapted to engage a catchjS, and I preferably also provide a holder,

" extensible bar small push button T, whereby the latch may be released if desired, but the specific mechanism for securing the cap plate or cover is not essential to this invention.

I claim 1. The combination with an inclosing cabinet having its lower end wholly open and provided with a holder for oval packages of rolled paper, and means for preventing said rolled packages from rotating upon said of a swinging support mounted in the upper portion of said cabinet, a roller journaled in said support in a position to swing against a package of paper in said cabinet, and means for actuating said roller from the exterior.

2. The combination with an inclosing cabinet provided with a holder, for oval packages, of a swinging support mounted in the upper portion ofsaid cabinet, a roller swing against a package of paper in said cabinet, and means for actuating said roller from the exterior, said means comprising a shaft extending through one wall of said cabinet,-an exterior knob mounted on said shaft, an interiorgear Wheel mounted on said shaft, and a pinion connected with the roller and meshingwith' said gear wheel.

3. The combination with a paper holding cabinet designed to receive oval packages of rolled paper, of a friction roller movably mounted in said cabinet and adapted to bear against'one side of the upper portion of such package, and means for rotating said roller from the exterior, said roller being adapted to remaining sheets as successive sheets are withdrawn, and a holder provided with an arm adapted to project through a slit in the roll of paper to prevent it from turning, whereby each sheet detached from the roll is permitted to drop and hang through the lower end of'the cabinet. 7

4. The combination with a cabinet for oval paper packages having end walls provided with interior ledges constituting pockournaled in said support in a position to move against the ets, of a 'package holder comprising a fiat adapted to pass through slits in a paper package core, said bar having a flat resiliently extensible member at one end,

whereby it is permitted to contract longitudinally while moving across said ledges into registry with the pockets, said bar beingresiliently extensible 'into said pockets.

5. The combination with a cabinet for oval paper packages having end walls pro vided with interior ledges forming pockets, of a package holder comprising a flat extensible bar adapted for interlocking engagement with a package of paper and having a resiliently extensiblemember composed of similar material in side contact with the flat bar and having upper and lower edges substantially in the same vertical plane,

said expansible member being adapted to permit said bar to contract in length while moving across said ledges into registry with the pockets and to automatically expand in length when in registry with said pockets, together with a hollow core upon which said package is wound, provided with a plurality of slits through which said bar is interlaced to prevent rotation of the core and package about said bar, substantially as described.

6. The combination with an inclosing cabinet provided with a holder of packages of wound strips of paper, separable at the top of the package into sheets, of a sheet retainer adapted to bear against the upper portion of the package adjacent to the separating point, a roll retainer connected with the holder and adapted toprevent rotation of the wound package upon the holder, and means for actuating said retainer from the exterior to start a sheet and discharge one end thereof from the cabinet, said cabinet being open at the bottom to a suflicient extent to allow sheets of paper to drop by gravity from the roll and hang in a suspended position through the lower end of the cabinet.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature .in the presence of two'witnesses.

FRANK H. HOBERG. Witnesses:

GEO. A. RICHARDSON, J. H. -TAYLOR.

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